Capacity to make decisions on medication management in Chinese older persons with mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1103-1111

  Lui, Victor Wing Cheong ^a   Lam, Linda Chiu Wa ^b   Chau, Rachel Ching Man ^b   Fung, Ada Wai Tung ^b   Wong, Billy Mou Lam ^b   Leung, Grace Tak Yu ^a   Leung, Kwok Fai ^c   Chiu, Helen Fung Kum ^b   Karlawish, Jason H T ^d   Appelbaum, Paul S ^e  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ACED; Chinese; decision making; mental capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY FOR EVERYDAY DECISION MAKING; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84861088131     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000129     Document Type: Article

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